Dolphins are confident in offensive lineman Jesse Davis

Before the start of training camp for the Miami Dolphins, offensive lineman Jesse Davis was a player not too many people knew much about. Now after the first two games of the preseason, Davis is beginning to receive a lot of notice.

Because of injuries to Ted Larsen and Kraig Urbik, Davis started in the Dolphins two preseason games against the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens. Despite getting a lot of playing time recently, Davis remains humble.

“I just keep grinding out here,” Davis said after practice on Tuesday. “The preseason is still a long ways away (from being) over, so (I) just keep doing what I’ve been coached to do. I’ve just been fortunate enough to get the opportunity to play.”

The 6-foot-6, 321 pound Davis went undrafted out of Idaho back in 2015. He eventually landed with the Seattle Seahawks but was released in the final week of the preseason of that year.

After that, the New York Jets signed Davis in January of 2016. The Jets then released Davis prior to the start of the 2016 regular season. New York would bring him back as a practice squad player, but the team released Davis last November.

Davis spent time on the Dolphins practice squad last year after he was released by the Jets. Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said he has seen the growth in Davis from the time he was on the team’s practice squad until now.

“I think he has just put his head down and kept working,” Gase said on Tuesday. “We were actually talking about it probably about two weeks ago about how he has really improved in the weight room. His knowledge of the offense is as good as anybody else. It doesn’t seem too big for him. He gets in there and competes. I like the way he has been handling himself with a lot of the injuries that we’ve had and he has had to move around quite a bit.

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